Fastener for shoes and the like.



FASTENER FOR SHOES AND THE LIKE.

Y APPLlcATloN flu-:p 1AN.1|, 1916.

1,190,033. Patentedmy 4,1916.

STEVE STARCOVIC, OF SEDRO WOOLLEY, WASHINGTON.

FASTENER FOR SHOES AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1916.

. Application filed January 11,1916. serial No. 71,521.

To all whom t may Concern:

Be it known that I, STEVE STARoovro, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sedro lVoolley, in the county of Skagit, State ofWashington, have invented a new and useful Fastener for Shoes andthelike; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to the art of fasteners, and particularly to animproved fastener especially adapted for use upon shoes and the like,for instance heavy over-shoes of the Blucher type.

@ne of the objects of the invention is the provision of a fastenercomprising two plates designed to be embedded in the opposite portionsof the upper of the shoe, one of which plates being provided withapertures to receive the hollow lugs of the other plate, in combinationwith a pair of pivoted dogs, to engage recesses of the lugs to hold thelugs in said apertures, thereby fastening the two plates together. Y

Another object of the invention is the provision of a sliding plunger orplate which is spring tensioned axially and connected to the levers forholding them out of engagement with said notches.

Another object of the invention is to construct this plate of yieldablematerial and provide the same with an enlargement at one end, which isdesigned to be pressed through an opening in the plate, which holds theplunger outwardly from the plate with the openings, thereby holding thelevers in the notches of the lugs.

In practical lields the details of construction may necessitatealterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, ashereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure l is a view in elevation, showing the fasteneras applied to an upper of a shoe, showing the levers out of engagementwith the notches of said lugs which extend through the opening of one ofthe plates. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the levers in engagementwith the notches of said lugs. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 ofFig. 1. Fig. t is a sec#l tional view online 1 -4 of Fig. 2. Figi-y 5 isa detail View of one of the locking levers.

lReferring more especially to the drawings, l designates a shoe, and 2andv 3 denote the plates, which are fastened, to the olpposite sidesltand 5 of the upper of the s oe, Blucher type. The plate 2 is providedwith a pair ofA spaced apertures 6, and pivoted to the plate as at 7 isa pair of levers 8 having their outerv end portions curved as shown at9. The inner ends of the levers are provided with adjacent reducedextensions 11, which are passed through an aperture 13 of a slide bar14, which extensions are bent over and laterally from each other,.so asto pivotally connect the inner ends of the lever to the slide bar orplate. The slide bar or plate has spring means 12 connected to one endthereof, and which spring means in turn is connected to one edge of theplate 2, thereby tensioning the slide plate, so as to hold the outercurved portions of the levers from the apertures in the plate 2. Theplate 3 is provided with a pair of spaced hollow lugs 13a, which aredesigned to pass through the apertures of the plate 2, so as to permitthe curved portions of the levers to engage the notches 14a of saidlugs, thereby holding the lugs in the apertures, and securely connectingthe two plates 2 and 3 for holding the opposite sides of the upperconnected. Oneparticularly an overshoe of the end of the slide bar(which is constructed of spring or yieldable material) is provided withan enlargement l5, which extends through an opening 16 in the plate 2.However, when it is desired to cause the curved portions of the leversto more firmly engage the notches of the lug, the enlargement of theslide bar is pushed outwardly through the opening 16 in the plate 2,thereby slightly bending the slide bar to hold the levers inyengagements with the notches. When connecting the opposite sides of theupper, the plate 2 is arranged to overlie the plate 3, the hollow lug ofthe plate 3 in this case will pass through the apertures of the'plate 2,and owing to the lugs being beveled off as shown at 17, they will slipby the curved parts of the levers, thereby permitting the levers toengage said notches.

Theinvention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulis:

In combination, a pair of overlapping plates embedded in oppositeportions of an upper of a shoe, one of said plates having a pair ofspaced apertures, the other plate having a pair of spaced lugs adaptedto enter the apertures, and provided with notches, a pair of pivotedlevers having curved portions to simultaneously engage' said notches7 tohold the lugs in said apertures7 and means to yieldahly hold the curvedportions of the lever in engagement with said notches, a slide harconnected to said yieldable means and having pivotal connections withthe inner ends of said levers, one end of the slide bar having anenlargement, the plate having the levers having an opening through whichthe enlarged end of the .slide bar engages, said enlargement adapted tobe pushed outwardly through the opening and partially engage one end ofthe opening, thereby partially bending the slide bar to securely holdthe curved portions of the levers in engagement with the notches.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specitication in thepresence of subscribing witnesses.

STEVE STARCOVC. Witnesses V. WV. KIRBY,

STIVI STARCovIo, S. JAMns ROWLAND.

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